Parallel sessions

Over the last decade, the Python programming language has grown to become one of the core languages used throughout astronomy. In addition to being an easy-to-learn, powerful and general purpose high-level programming language that allows scientists to quickly extract results from data, it is free and open source. A strong community has developed around providing Python packages for astronomers, with packages such as Astropy, yt and SunPy providing core tools for astronomy, analysing and visualising simulations and observational solar physics respectively. Around these projects a vast ecosystem of specialist Python projects has developed all sharing in and using the wider scientific Python tools.
We expect to solicit talks about the tools people have developed for their research, or the ways people have educated people about Python in the context of Astronomy. This includes but is not limited to numerical codes, implementations of data analysis techniques and contributions to large packages like SunPy or Astropy.